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[Android Apps and Games] jvandenbroek:
Just found out about this browser and I'm already in love with it! Great piece of work, will closely watch it's development.

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[Android Apps and Games] jvandenbroek:
I've got a suggestion: Could you catch searches as well? When you select some text and do a search for it, it uses other apps instead of Lightning.

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[Android Apps and Games] arosequist:
Finally got fed up with Dolphin bugs/crashes and decided to try some different browsers. Was blown away by the speed of this one; please don't add too much bloat and slow it down. With that said, I'd love to have a share button (just with the normal Android intent, nothing weird like Dolphin's latest share screen). Other than that, it's perfect so far.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v1.2.5 - the fastest browser around

Sharing will be added in the next release which will show up on Google play in a few hours.

On a side note, the app just got featured by xda very exciting.
[Android Apps and Games] nimrodity:
AW: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

In a few hours, can't wait for it, nice

JellyBamming from my HTC One X using ncx 2.17 v13
[Android Apps and Games] cukierkas:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

Yes, lets get to apk and changelog (y) :thumbup::D

Sent from my GT-I9003
[Android Apps and Games] maxiii:
Thanks bro and Good luck for your project. I gona install this on Sony Tab S :)
[Android Apps and Games] tonymy01:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

It would be great to support desktop user agent now (immediately please haha) as the only reason I see for a light weight browser is something simple to run flash based sites on that don't work on Chrome or don't work so well on phone stock browser (which, despite having a desktop tick box, still manages to land me on mobile versions of, say, YouTube.. primary reason is to watch vids where uploaders don't tick the "mobile" option).
[Android Apps and Games] Bruce MJ:
So glad I came across this browser. Just basic 4 everyday use, exactly what i needed, only thing i would like 2 c is a dark background 4 nighttime browsing.
[Android Apps and Games] morphuex:
Loving the browser so far, really snappy.

A few suggestions..

Address bar suggestions, such as if you are typing xda, it'll suggest xda-developers.com.

Give the option to go to youtube app or website when selecting a youtube video link.

Google bookmarks sync.

:D
[Android Apps and Games] solom2010:
thx for this app
[Android Apps and Games] cukierkas:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

Hi dev, thanks for update. Now browser become a browser :)

Fullscreen and page zoom level is to go! Personally me, I hate fully loaded page and every time double tap a certain area.
[Android Apps and Games] Reigningfear:
Appreciation+suggestions

Excellenet web browser. I love clean, fast and minimal applications and this is all of those. A few features I'd personally like to see is a dark theme ( as suggested previously) as well as the ability to retrieve bookmarks from your google account. If the latter was implemented your browser would replace chrome as my go-to browser in a heartbeat. Really glad I stumbled upon this app, thanks for your hard work!
[Android Apps and Games] ril z:
Sugestions:

1. Custom download folder location

2. Dark theme

3. Font size
[Android Apps and Games] x000x:
suggestion: this might seem silly but i always wanted an option to place tabs under the url bar, but never knew why no other android browser had this option (that i know of). but is it possible to have an option/setting to have url bar on top and tabs underneath?

another neat thing might be swiping left and right would scroll through the tabs. left would go back one tab, right would go forward one tab.
[Android Apps and Games] nimrodity:
AW: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

Tried the new update but have one important question.

Will this stay the way for future to access the bookmarks like that.

I really want a way to access them without having to hit any button, I want it just by swiping similar to naked, otherwise it just isn't the right for me.

JellyBamming from my HTC One X using ncx 2.17 v13
[Android Apps and Games] snypa:
settings menu?

...

how do i change these settings? is it via the three vertical dots on address bar? no menu in status bar either ...

on tf700 with cromi rom (based on stock asus jb) is impossible ...

currently use boat browser (very fast and perfection) and naked (very very fast), i turn off all the extras like swiping and gestures

but some basic features like refresh are necessary obviously. I would swap out naked due to so ugly if i could

access your settings page?

:)
[Android Apps and Games] davis2503:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

Very, very smooth, dose it have flash support?

I very like the design, if you could enchant it for phones, than it would be superb! This needs to be more popular! Thumbs up to developer!

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] nimrodity:
AW: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

Yes it does support flash like any other webkit based browser

JellyBamming from my HTC One X using ncx 2.17 v13
[Android Apps and Games] ril z:
I noticed a bug. If I go to m.youtube.com and I would like to go back to the previous page, it just keeps loading over and over no matter how many I press that back button. I also can't find where to acess my history.
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Good job on getting a decent browser into 200k. Love the icon. It's a little loud, but it gets the message across. You can easily spot it in the drawer. Kind of jumps out in the drawer. (Also reminds me of the President's marketing campaign. That could work for or against you, depending on which half of America you ask.) Tabs are ugly, they're kind of big and unwieldy. Long-press to close a tab? That's real nice and intuitive. Long-press a link to open in a new tab would be nice.

BTW, I'm on a phone with a 4.3" screen, which may be why I'm finding the tabs to be an awkward size. I see that they don't look that bad in your screenshots. Also, +1 for fullscreen, the tabs and toolbar should disappear after the page is loaded.
[Android Apps and Games] erminio.saggese:
very light, very fast, very good job!!!
[Android Apps and Games] xxaqib:
really light
[Android Apps and Games] RodimusConvoy:
Ok I'm impressed

...its pretty fast. :D

Is there a paid version available so I can get rid of the ads, though?

Even with ads, I think I'll use it instead of my stock browser now. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Yes there is a paid version with an ad blocker.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Wow I never even noticed that. I'll add that to my TO DO list.

Yes, I'm planning on adding something like that sometime.
[Android Apps and Games] jvandenbroek:
Thanks :) Is it also possible to add an exit entry to the menu? I use long press back to force kill apps on my rooted device, so that's not a nice way to exit ;)
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
No, sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] RodimusConvoy:
Feels good having a browser that I can watch Youtube on. :laugh: Highly recommended, folks.
[Android Apps and Games] forgin:
I have to thank you for this althought i dont use it for my own, lots of other browsers are based on your code. I have taken a look at the source code and looks good, clean and well commented.

I plan to do my own browser too, have some ideas on mind, will base it on your code too and will be open source too.

Good job!!!
[Android Apps and Games] jvandenbroek:
Text reflow doesn't work anymore in Android 4.4, however Opera Beta manages to do this fine with the same engine. I really like that feature, so I hope somehow this can also be implemented in Lightning. Thanks :)

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[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Opera beta uses a slightly different engine with the capability, Lightning uses the default engine in 4.4. Text reflow is not possible on Android 4.4 with the default engine as I explain in settings. Sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] rogeriorp:
[MENTION=4544494]anthonycr[/MENTION]

Is it possible adding translucent navbar into the browser as an option? I just seen some other doing that (not Javelin) and looks great but the functionality doesn't compare to yours.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Right now, no. Until Google starts using translucent navigation bars in Chrome, I'm not going to add translucency. They don't provide additional utility, and actually can frustrate the user by showing them content that they cannot click on. The translucent background for nav buttons in apps often frustrates me because it is very difficult to see the feedback that the on screen buttons provide.

Transparent navigation bars are meant for immersive content, which webpages are not.

Just my opinion.
[Android Apps and Games] jarayn:
This is why I uninstalled 4.4 and won't be going back.

I don't understand how that can be something they call a "feature"
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I do miss the feature myself, but I think the reason they got rid of it was to move the responsibility of making a website mobile friendly from the browser to the website. I think they were hoping you'd say, "hey, xyz.com, your website looks horrible on my phone and is hard to read, fix it... Not, Google, xyz.com looks like crap on my phone, modify it so I can read it."

It's painful that it's this way, because there are plenty of websites that aren't going to fix their stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] B1zDelNick:
Very pleased with the speed. The most striking advantage. The rest is little different from peers. good app
[Android Apps and Games] Draygon:
Any news about your "Thunder Browser"? I would like to have the tabs above on my tablet.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
http://github.com/anthonycr/Thunder-Browser

It's funny you ask, because I just put up the source code yesterday morning! You can download an apk straight from github ( https://github.com/anthonycr/Thunder-Browser/blob/master/BrowserActivity.apk?raw=true). For right now, it isn't quite ready to be put up on Google Play. There are some bugs I'm working on that I want to fix before putting it up.

As for Lightning Browser, code has been added to support Proxying via Orbot (aka Tor for Android). It's not in production yet, just in the source code, but after I add some more preference related code there will be full support for proxies as well as using Tor to reroute your browser's traffic. I've been using it quite a bit and it works splendidly (I'm able to get around my company's firewall that blocks phone browsers with it).
[Android Apps and Games] Draygon:
Thanks, Thunder looks great. I didn't except to have it on my tablet already today
[Android Apps and Games] DF1E:
What is the difference between thunder and lightning browser?
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
The UI. Thunder has a traditional UI with the tabs on the top (the way Lightning looked before I redesigned it). I should add some screenshots to the Github repository to make that apparent.
[Android Apps and Games] Strikkt:
Great Browser, only I can't decide between Thunder and Lightning ;)

Would it be possible to add two options?

Clean everything on exit: cache, history & cookies

Add an option to accept cookies from visited sites only (no 3rd party cookies)

Aside from these two things the browser is really great and could replace Firefox permanently for me.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I just added Clear History on Exit and Clear Cookies on Exit option to the codebase (on Github) and the changes will be available for the APKs and Google Play Store versions once I publish a new version. Also, I'm adding a "Privacy Mode" switch that turns the entire browser into an Incognito Browser so you don't have to think about changing all the various settings and can just switch it on and be protected.

I'll look into the third-party cookie blocking, I can't say whether it is possible or not at this point, I need to look at the CookieManager documentation to see if it offers any sort of filtering.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Just a heads up that I WILL be updating Lightning's UI to conform to the new Material Design within the coming months leading up to the official L release. I'm just beginning the process of redesigning it. The new design will only be available on Android L and up as I believe it will feel out of place on pre Android-L. Lightning will maintain it's Holo look for pre-Android L versions, but will probably be partially affected by the new design.

I will also be updating the Holo look of the browser very soon with some UI improvements with regards to the Tab and Bookmark drawers... as they currently stand they are pretty ugly. I'm probably going to utilize Robot Thin font, white background, and minimalist lists to update the look and make it more aesthetically pleasing (Think Google Keep app).

I will likely be posting some Material mockups when I get further into the design process. I'm working with an indie designer (who has frequented these forums and coincidentally lives near me) so we'll see where the design goes.

--------------------------------------------

In regards to Thunder, what is everyone's feeling about it? I know since it's only available on Github not many have used it, but those who have... would you like to see it integrated into Lightning or would you like to see it stay as a separate Application? I'm tending toward a separate app as it will make coding easier and allow people forking the browser to not get a UI variation they may not want. Also, considering that the UIs are so different they almost don't feel like they belong in the same app. I don't want to muck up the codebase by merging Thunder and Lightning but if it's necessary I'll do it.
[Android Apps and Games] Strikkt:
Sound great, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] PhilDX:
I love Thunder and as long as you keep the UI available, I personally don't care if it's in a stand alone app or just an option within Lightening, whatever is easier for you is just fine by me. thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] FILLY86:
Great Browser. When is Text reflow coming back? Without it its not usable as a Browser without hurting eyes....
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Text reflow is not coming back until Google adds it back to the WebView. I have no control over that.
[Android Apps and Games] FILLY86:
I saw in UC Browser(beside beeing able to setup the font size like in lightning Browser) the flag "enhanced page layout" which "enlarges the font of the Main page content in PC Version webpages"

This helps a lot to just enlarge really important areas of the page without Messing up the page design. Is that possible in your Browser too?
[Android Apps and Games] Optimissimus99:
And: Can you add a Print Funktion? (I think KitKat has a API for that, the App just must "share" its content to it so the Browser will stay small) Please... :)
[Android Apps and Games] FILLY86:
Perhaps for better understanding: if you open the following page in your Browser and then in chrome or in UC with the flag enabled you will notice that in chrome and in UC with flag the Text is comfortably readable. In your Browser the Text is very small and if i increase the Text in your Browser to very big the Text is readable but the design is messed up because of the textsize. This is the page -> www.phonearena.com/news/Unlocked-in...his-week-last-update-before-Android-L_id58437
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I sure can!

I'll look into it but I believe these settings are specific to those browser rendering engines and aren't available in WebView.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Thought you guys would be interested to read this: www.phonearena.com/news/The-best-An...ition-design-features-and-performance_id58350
[Android Apps and Games] Szczepanik:
You mean this bit?

Cheers

Tom

My Note 2 to you
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Yup :D
[Android Apps and Games] juried:
Anthony you're the man! Keep it up!
[Android Apps and Games] Mystique:
Sorry to bother, anyone else having "lost keypress syndrome"?

Several times during different browsing sessions I'll have to click sometimes two or three times (almost always text entry boxes, url, etc..) in order to get the keyboard to open..

SwiftKey beta latest, slimkat latest weekly, custom ak kernel, nexus 7 2013.

Stock browser, Chrome, other apps I do not have this feeling.

Also doing a search for AT&T and anything else (AT&T LG G3 for example) gets truncated to "AT", and everything after the ampersand is lost..

Latest lightning from the market.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I don't know about any text pressing issue, but I will have that search error fixed in the next version which I'm hoping to get out this week.
[Android Apps and Games] Optimissimus99:
The speed and smoothness of this browser is already on the Top level :p
[Android Apps and Games] p1lo:
Maybe in the pay version you can add import/export bookmarks and saved password? :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] Zaldi00:
Can yo add chromecast suport?
[Android Apps and Games] bsinclair:
No matter what I do, it is now using more than 15MB of data and nothing I do to clear get rid of it (cache, history, cookies, ...). Only way is to clear data on android application settings, but then I loose everything (including bookmarks) and as it does not have backup/restore on bookmarks (yet I hope), I really do not want to go this way.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Bookmarks, yes... passwords, I don't think I can access those easily.

I'll look into it. I'd like this too.

I'll look at why it's taking up this space, but I think it may be the way Android unpacks the app or something. I just cleared cache and that sent the app data use down to around 5 MB, but it still says the app itself is taking up 11 MB... So there's definitely some files in there that are accumulating.
[Android Apps and Games] PeterImmel:
I love this browser.

The only reason I didn't deinstall dolphin browser already is that this browser can't make shortcuts to the homescree. Would be great...
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Thanks for the suggestion
[Android Apps and Games] bsinclair:
16MB now, and it is only for the data, app is consuming another 2MB, making it at almost 18MB total. :(

Btw, I am running at Android 4.4.4
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
What sort of night mode would you all like to see in the browser? I just figured out I can change around colors in the WebView. Would a simple color inversion do the trick since most websites use white backgrounds? I could just convert everything to grayscale as well.

Also, not sure if I'll be able to figure out what the color settings would need to be for this, but is there any desire for a color-blind compatible color option for the webview or are the the problems not big enough on the web to warrant such a setting?
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
So here's an inverted mode I made. It will invert all colors, so if a website was black it will turn white but I figure that most websites are white anyway.

Also, by simply inverting the color I don't break websites by making text not visible
[Android Apps and Games] PhilDX:
this is awesome, i like it
[Android Apps and Games] Listy2021:
That inverted mode looks almost bang on to how xScope Pro does it (pictures remain normal but background and text are inverted)

Very nicely done Anthony, looking forward to seeing it implemented as not many browsers get inverted mode right :good:
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
So I looked into it and at least half of that is from the dexed version of the app. This happens to all apps (and always has), but it looks like Android wasn't counting this dexed version of the app toward app data and now it is. Also for some reason the Android WebView is taking up a lot of space on Android 4.4.

Basically, this data is not controllable by me at all, the WebView is controlling it and won't let me completely clear away this data.

Sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] Magissia:
A gray scale would not be bad in my opinion, if it's not too long to add.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I actually already have all the code written for that, I just need to add in the option to turn it off or on. In my opinion it looks really good and might be nice for website design as you can see how well elements really stand out.
[Android Apps and Games] bsinclair:
Will the next version have a way to backup/restore bookmarks? Got a new tablet and migrate the bookmarks has been a huge pain. :(
[Android Apps and Games] polobunny:
You can use an app such as Titanium Backup for that.
[Android Apps and Games] bsinclair:
Not an option, my devices are not rooted.

An export/import to/from an html file will be more than enough for us to easily backup, restore, and also migrate from any desktop browser to lightning browser.
[Android Apps and Games] polobunny:
Good point.
[Android Apps and Games] Valiante:
I'm using the free version of Lightning and for some reason it keeps telling me I have reached the max number of tabs randomly. I most definitely have not hit the max (at 4 tabs). When I kill the app and restart it works beyond those 4 tabs.

I don't know what it is, lost some important tabs because of this.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I'll definitely be adding an option to export and import from an export in the next version.

I've identified and fixed a bug causing this to happen so it will be fixed in the next version.
[Android Apps and Games] Valiante:
Awesome thanks!

Also I'm wondering if there are any plans to add gestures in the paid version? That would most definitely attract quite a few people, myself included.

And is there an option to purchase the Plus version through the free app? Couldn't find it, is that going to be added as well?
[Android Apps and Games] bsinclair:
Any timeframe for a newer version?
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Hoping next week, I just finished up a summer internship that's been keeping me busy all summer and I go back to school August 25th so I have a week off that I plan to utilize adding the last few features I haven't gotten to add and then test and publish an update.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I don't plan on adding any gestures right now because that's really going to conflict with the slide out drawers. Also no option to buy plus version within free (I really want to keep them separate in case I end up really adding some big stuff to one version), but I will be adding an export and import of at the very least bookmarks so that going from free to paid isn't annoying.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
There will be three rendering modes to choose from, Inverted, Gray scale, and Inverted Gray scale. I hope these will be useful to some people. They may use more memory than usual because the WebView has to completely change the way it renders things. There's probably some JavaScript I can run that will just invert light pages, but for now there are just these modes.

Check out a screenshot of the Inverted Gray scale below.
[Android Apps and Games] juried:
It would be great if you could explain how to easily get the bookmarks across from the free version to the paid version.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
I will be adding an export and import ability in the next version that will address this.
[Android Apps and Games] PhilDX:
with folder support? :)
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
No promises, but I'll try to tackle that as well ;)
[Android Apps and Games] alegatorul:
great

Thanks, great and fast browsing... btw, can you auto hide the search bar when scrolling down to any web page and reappear when scrolling up?
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Settings > Full screen mode
[Android Apps and Games] alegatorul:
good

just Did, great :)
[Android Apps and Games] theSpam:
Cool. How's the progress?